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[project @ 1996-07-11 21:20:36 by jwe]
author jwe
date Thu, 11 Jul 1996 21:20:36 +0000
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### Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
###
### This file is part of Octave.
###
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## usage: top_title (text)
##
## NOTE: this will work only with gnuplot installed with
##       multiplot patch
##
## makes a title with text "text" at the top of the plot 

## Author: Vinayak Dutt <Dutt.Vinayak@mayo.EDU>
## Created: 3 July 95
## Adapted-By: jwe

function top_title (text)

  if (! gnuplot_has_multiplot)
    error ("top_title: gnuplot does not appear to support this feature");
  endif

  if (nargin != 1)
    usage ("top_title (text)");
  endif

  if (isstr (text))
    set bottom_title;
    set title;
    eval (sprintf ("set top_title \"%s\"", text));
  else
    error ("error: top_title: text must be a string");
  endif

endfunction